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Philippe Bariod

3×3 · top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time · competing since May 2016 · 2016BARI03

Philippe Bariod has been competing for 10 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 23.59, set at Savoie Open 2020, puts him in the top 49.4% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 2,191st in France. Across 7 competitions since May 2016, he has put 40 official solves on the record across one event. Solve to solve, his 3×3 times vary about 15% around a typical one, an early reading from 8 counted rounds. His 3×3 best has come down from 34.01 in May 2016 to 23.59, a 31% improvement. Philippe has entered seven competitions, more competitions than 88% of everyone who has ever competed.

3×3
best event — top 49.4% of 284,439 all-time
23.59
signature single · Savoie Open 2020
40
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingFrance
3×323.5924.88
top 49.4%2,191 / 4,746

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

Lyon Megaminx Open 2016: 34.01Chambéry Cube Open 2016: 32.63World Rubik's Cube Championship 2017: 30.81Ugine Jeu et Jouet 2017: 28.51French Championship 2018: 24.44Savoie Open 2020: 23.59Barby Cube 2023: 23.7523.5934.0121 May 20168 Apr 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

Next targets

  • A sub-20 3×3 single — 113,584 people have one; it is 3.59 away.

Targets move as he improves.